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by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club
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n May 26, some 300 donors and friends of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara gathered together for their annual dinner to celebrate this year’s new record – the awarding of $8.74 million in private scholarship aid to 3,016 local students, without one penny of public funding. Since 1962, our Scholarship Foundation has provided more than 44,000 scholarships with a value of $99.3 million to students living between Carpinteria and Santa Maria.
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
Under the leadership of Barrett O’Gorman, board chairman, and Candace Winkler, president and CEO, the Scholarship Foundation distributes 100% of every donor dollar. All staffing and administrative costs have been funded by generous support from the George and Dale Cavalletto Charities Foundation. With every donor dollar dedicated to direct aid, Charity Navigator, which evaluates and scores the effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofits nationwide, has awarded the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, its highest rating for the last five years. Three of this year’s scholarship recipients spoke at the May 26 dinner. Here is just one of their stories:
Ashleigh Widstrup
This year, Ashleigh Widstrup graduates from San Marcos High School and heads to Durham, N.C., to attend Duke University to major in biochemistry. Her goal is to prepare herself for a life in medical research, seeking to prevent KFrank_MovingSale_MJ:Layout 1 5/26/16 2:36 PM Page 1 EDITORIAL Page 224
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